SIDN (Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland) was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Arnhem, Netherlands. It is the official registry for .nl, the Dutch ccTLD, operating 6.4M+ domains as one of Europe's largest ccTLDs.
Donuts (now Identity Digital) founded in 2010, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington USA, is the world's largest new generic top-level domain (new gTLD) registry, operating 200+ TLDs including .live, .world, .news, .design.
EURid was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Designated by the European Commission, it is the official registry for .eu, operating 3.6M+ domains with full GDPR compliance and multi-script IDN support.
DENIC was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. It is the official registry for .de, Germany's ccTLD, operating 17.7M+ domains—the second largest ccTLD globally after .cn.
Verisign is the world's largest domain registry, operating .com and .net plus 2 of the internet's 13 root server pairs, forming the core of global domain infrastructure.
ZY Trade operates 10+ new gTLDs including .top (5M+ registrations), .win, and .bid, offering ultra-low first-year pricing from $1-2 with strong distribution in the Chinese market.
SWITCH, founded in 1992 in Zurich, Switzerland, is the non-profit ccTLD registry for .ch (Switzerland) and .li (Liechtenstein), managing 2M+ domains and operating the Swiss academic network SWITCHlan.
ShortDot operates .xyz, the world's largest new gTLD with over 13 million registrations, offering ultra-low pricing from $0.99/year for personal projects, startups, and domain investors.
NIC.br (Brazilian Network Information Center) is the official registry operator for the .br Brazil country-code top-level domain, operating the Brazilian domain system on a non-profit basis while also managing IP address allocation, internet governance, and technology development.
MMX (formerly Minds + Machines) founded in 2010, headquartered in London, UK, is a domain registry operating 50+ new TLDs including .biz, .wiki, .design, .vip, .work, specializing in innovative domain portfolio development.
Famous Four Media, founded in 2011 in Gibraltar, operates 30+ new gTLDs including .site, .studio, .space, and .press, offering affordable domain options through a global network of 100+ registrars.
Neustar (now part of TransUnion/Optum), founded in 1998 and headquartered in the United States, operates .biz and .us top-level domains while providing enterprise DNS, DDoS protection, and brand protection solutions.
GMO Registry founded in 2015, is the domain registry arm of Japan's GMO Internet Group, operating 30+ new gTLDs including .shop, .tokyo, .yokohama, .osaka, serving as a major global registry operator.
CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority) is the official .ca ccTLD registry operator, founded in 1998 and headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. It manages 3.4M+ .ca domains and provides the free Canadian Shield DNS security service.
Afilias, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is a leading domain registry operator managing .info, .pro, .aero and other top-level domains.
Rightside is a domain registry operating .name, .blog, and other TLDs (formerly Demand Media's domain business), offering registry-grade management, DNS hosting, and security, now merged into Identity Digital.